Baldy was a star athlete in the Cambridge Public School system and continued his success as an athlete at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D. He served in the US Navy during WWII. After college, he excelled as a coach, teacher and civic leader in Worthington. As Baldy recently reflected, “I’ve had a wonderful life.”

He was a fun, warm and giving individual and a friend to many.

He was preceded in death by his mother Ida, father Walter, sisters Muriel and Eleanor and brothers Harold, LeRoy and Richard.